So it was reported that Panthers WR Steve Smith said when aske that QB Jake Delhomme is throwing harder and farther then he ever has coming off of Tommy Johns surgery. Now Im sure that there are a few other QBs out there that have had TJ done but I havent heard of many. Will we start to see more and more QBs getting TJ done just for the hell of it like MLB pitchers in the near future?
…O and I cant wait for Football season!!!
[quote]Himora22 wrote:
So it was reported that Panthers WR Steve Smith said when aske that QB Jake Delhomme is throwing harder and farther then he ever has coming off of Tommy Johns surgery. Now Im sure that there are a few other QBs out there that have had TJ done but I havent heard of many. Will we start to see more and more QBs getting TJ done just for the hell of it like MLB pitchers in the near future?
…O and I cant wait for Football season!!![/quote]
I don’t know anything about what you’re talking about, except for that last sentence.
Redskins vs. Colts, 6 more weeks! AHHHHHHHHHHHHH CAN’T FUCKING WAIT!!!
I’m pretty sure most doctors aren’t going to let you do a Tommy John surgery just for the hell of it.
Most MLB pitchers got Tommy John surgery because they had to. Their existing tendons were destroyed.
The need for the surgery is not restricted to throwers either. Position players sometimes need to procedure as well. I know Sebastian Janikowski had it.
As for throwing harder after the surgery, I pulled this from wikipedia:
“In some cases, pitchers will seem to throw harder after the surgery than they did before the injury that caused the surgery to be necessary. However, many people – including Dr. Frank Jobe, the doctor who invented the procedure – believe this is generally due to two factors. The first is pitchers’ increased attention to conditioning. The second is that in many cases it can take several years for the UCL to degrade. Over these years the pitcher’s velocity will gradually decrease. As a result, the surgery simply allows the pitcher to throw at the velocity that he could before his UCL started to degrade”
[quote]AngryVader wrote:
I’m pretty sure most doctors aren’t going to let you do a Tommy John surgery just for the hell of it.
Most MLB pitchers got Tommy John surgery because they had to. Their existing tendons were destroyed.
The need for the surgery is not restricted to throwers either. Position players sometimes need to procedure as well. I know Sebastian Janikowski had it.
As for throwing harder after the surgery, I pulled this from wikipedia:
“In some cases, pitchers will seem to throw harder after the surgery than they did before the injury that caused the surgery to be necessary. However, many people – including Dr. Frank Jobe, the doctor who invented the procedure – believe this is generally due to two factors. The first is pitchers’ increased attention to conditioning. The second is that in many cases it can take several years for the UCL to degrade. Over these years the pitcher’s velocity will gradually decrease. As a result, the surgery simply allows the pitcher to throw at the velocity that he could before his UCL started to degrade”[/quote]
I know of more than one kid in high school who got TJ and didnt need it just b/c his parents thought it would make him through harder than b4. Also Doctors are only human they see $$$ too.
[quote]Himora22 wrote:
I know of more than one kid in high school who got TJ and didnt need it just b/c his parents thought it would make him through harder than b4. Also Doctors are only human they see $$$ too.[/quote]
Wow! I’m amazed anyone would go to that length, especially in high school. A doctor would do a procedure like this when there wasn’t an actual need? That’s so many levels of irresponsible.
[quote]AngryVader wrote:
Himora22 wrote:
I know of more than one kid in high school who got TJ and didnt need it just b/c his parents thought it would make him through harder than b4. Also Doctors are only human they see $$$ too.
Wow! I’m amazed anyone would go to that length, especially in high school. A doctor would do a procedure like this when there wasn’t an actual need? That’s so many levels of irresponsible. [/quote]
You need to visit Texas.
[quote]WolBarret wrote:
AngryVader wrote:
Himora22 wrote:
I know of more than one kid in high school who got TJ and didnt need it just b/c his parents thought it would make him through harder than b4. Also Doctors are only human they see $$$ too.
Wow! I’m amazed anyone would go to that length, especially in high school. A doctor would do a procedure like this when there wasn’t an actual need? That’s so many levels of irresponsible.
You need to visit Texas.[/quote]
Is this a common thing?
[quote]AngryVader wrote:
WolBarret wrote:
AngryVader wrote:
Himora22 wrote:
I know of more than one kid in high school who got TJ and didnt need it just b/c his parents thought it would make him through harder than b4. Also Doctors are only human they see $$$ too.
Wow! I’m amazed anyone would go to that length, especially in high school. A doctor would do a procedure like this when there wasn’t an actual need? That’s so many levels of irresponsible.
You need to visit Texas.
Is this a common thing?[/quote]
Football is like a religion in Texas. Ask the Texans on this site.